"Correction for Leap Year gives ""3"". Answer, ""Wednesday"". Since 23 February 1676 (counting February as the second month) is, for Carroll, the same day as Gregorian 4 March 1676, he fails to arrive at the correct answer, namely ""Friday,"" for an Old Style date that on the Gregorian calendar is the same day as 5 March 1677. Had he correctly assumed the year to begin on the 25th of March, his method would have accounted for differing year numbers - just like George Washington's birthday differs - between the two calendars. It is noteworthy that those who have republished Carroll's"
"of Mercury"". It has the most letters out of all the Gregorian calendar days. Wednesday is in the middle of the common Western five-day workweek that starts on Monday and finishes on Friday. The name Wednesday continues Middle English ""Wednesdei"". Old English still had ""wōdnesdæg"", which would be continued as ""*Wodnesday"" (but Old Frisian has an attested ""wednesdei""). By the early 13th century, the ""i""-mutated form was introduced unetymologically. The name is a calque of the Latin ""dies Mercurii"" ""day of Mercury"", reflecting the fact that the Germanic god Woden (Wodanaz or Odin) during the Roman era was interpreted as"
"many Christians, including Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists and Roman Catholics, who ""make a special point of self-examination, of considering what wrongs they need to repent, and what amendments of life or areas of spiritual growth they especially need to ask God's help in dealing with."" Being the last day of the liturgical season historically known as Shrovetide, before the penitential season of Lent, related popular practices, such as indulging in food that one sacrifices for the upcoming forty days, are associated with Shrove Tuesday celebrations, before commencing the fasting and religious obligations associated with Lent. The term ""Mardi Gras"" is French"
"(Decadi) of every decade, which had the name of a domestic animal (Quintidi) or an agricultural tool (Decadi). Prairial Prairial () was the ninth month in the French Republican Calendar. This month was named after the French word ""prairie"", which means ""meadow"". It was the name given to several ships. Prairial was the third month of the spring quarter (""mois de printemps""). It started May 20 or May 21. It ended June 18 or June 19. It follows the Floréal and precedes the Messidor. Like all FRC months, Prairial lasted 30 days and was divided into three 10-day weeks called"
"a domestic animal (Quintidi) or an agricultural tool (Decadi). Messidor Messidor () was the tenth month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the Latin word ""messis"", which means ""harvest"". Messidor was the first month of the summer quarter (""mois d'été""). It started on 19 or 20 June. It ended on 18 or 19 July. It follows the Prairial and precedes the Thermidor. Like all FRC months Messidor lasted 30 days and was divided into three 10-day weeks called ""décades"" (decades). Every day had the name of an agricultural plant, except the 5th (Quintidi) and 10th day"
"In Vietnamese, the working days in the week are named as: ""Thứ Hai"" (second day), ""Thứ Ba"" (third day), ""Thứ Tư"" (fourth day), ""Thứ Năm"" (fifth day), ""Thứ Sáu"" (sixth day), ""Thứ Bảy"" (seventh day). Sunday is called ""Chủ Nhật"", a corrupted form of ""Chúa Nhật"" meaning ""Lord's Day"". Some colloquial text in the south of Vietnam and from the church may still use the old form to mean Sunday. In German, Wednesday is called ""Mittwoch"", literally ""mid-week"", implying that weeks run from Sunday to Saturday. In Italian, Sunday is called ""domenica"", which also means ""Lord's Day"" (from Latin ""Dies"
"Saturday Saturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. The Romans named Saturday ""Sāturni diēs"" (""Saturn's Day"") no later than the 2nd century for the planet Saturn, which controlled the first hour of that day, according to Vettius Valens. The day's name was introduced into West Germanic languages and is recorded in the Low German languages such as Middle Low German ""sater(s)dach"", Middle Dutch ""saterdag"" (Modern Dutch ""zaterdag"") and Old English ""Sætern(es)dæġ"" and ""Sæterdæġ"". The day was also referred to as ""Sæternes dæġe"" in an Old English translation of Bede's ""Ecclesiastical History of the English People"". In"
"In the Maltese language, due to its Siculo-Arabic origin, Sunday is called ""Il-Ħadd"", a corruption of ""wieħed"" meaning ""one"". Monday is ""It-Tnejn"" meaning ""two"". Similarly Tuesday is ""It-Tlieta"" (three), Wednesday is ""L-Erbgħa"" (four) and Thursday is ""Il-Ħamis"" (five). In Armenian, Monday is (Yerkoushabti) literally meaning 2nd day of the week, Tuesday (Yerekshabti) 3rd day, Wednesday (Chorekshabti) 4th day, Thursday (Hingshabti) 5th day. Saturday is (Shabat) coming from the word Sabbath or Shabbath in Hebrew, and ""Kiraki"" coming from the word ""Krak"" meaning ""fire"" is Sunday, ""Krak"" describing the sun by fire. Apostle John also refers to the ""Lord's Day"" (in"
"Vendémiaire. The Sansculottides belong to the summer quarter. They begin on 17 or 18 September and approximately end on the autumn equinox, on 22 or 23 September on the Gregorian calendar. In the decree of 5 October 1793 (""le 14 du 1er mois de l'an II""; later: ""le 14 Vendémiaire de l'an II"") by the National Convention, the days following the last month of the year were named ""jours complémentaires"" and numbered serially. Only the leap day (""jour intercalaire"") received a name: The other days, decades, and months were also serially numbered. On 24 October (""le 3 du 2e mois"";"
"English, when counting ""8"" days from Sunday, Monday will be ""day 1"", Tuesday ""day 2"", and the following Monday will be the ""eighth day"". When counting ""inclusively,"" the Sunday (the start day) will be ""day 1"" and therefore the following Sunday will be the ""eighth day"". For example, the French phrase for ""fortnight"" is ""quinzaine"" (15 [days]), and similar words are present in Greek (δεκαπενθήμερο, ""dekapenthímero""), Spanish (""quincena"") and Portuguese (""quinzena""). In contrast, the English word ""fortnight"" itself derives from ""a fourteen-night"", as the archaic ""sennight"" does from ""a seven-night""; the English words are not examples of inclusive counting. Names"
"Dominica""). One finds similar cognates in French, where the name is ""dimanche"", as well as Romanian (""duminică"") and Spanish and Portuguese (""domingo""). Slavic languages implicitly number Monday as day number one, not two. Russian ""воскресение"" (Sunday) means ""resurrection (of Jesus)"" (that is the day of a week which commemorates it). In Old Russian Sunday was also called ""неделя"" ""free day"" or ""day with no work"", but in the contemporary language this word means ""week"". Hungarian ""péntek"" (Friday) is a Slavic loanword, so the correlation with ""five"" is not evident to Hungarians. Hungarians use ""Vasárnap"" for Sunday, which means ""market day""."
"of the week in Arabic. Etymologically speaking, Swahili has two ""fifth"" days. The words for Saturday through Wednesday contain the Bantu-derived Swahili words for ""one"" through ""five"". The word for Thursday, ""Alhamisi"", is of Arabic origin and means ""the fifth"" (day). The word for Friday, ""Ijumaa"", is also Arabic and means (day of) ""gathering"" for the Friday noon prayers in Islam. In the Žejane dialect of Istro-Romanian, ""lur"" (Monday) and ""virer"" (Friday) follow the Latin convention, while ""utorek"" (Tuesday), ""sredu"" (Wednesday), and ""četrtok"" (Thursday) follow the Slavic convention. There are several systems in the different Basque dialects. In Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino),"
"of Saint Bernard can only speak English. Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday in English) in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a Carnival celebration well known throughout the world. It has colonial French roots. The New Orleans Carnival season, with roots in preparing for the start of the Christian season of Lent, starts after Twelfth Night, on Epiphany (January 6). It is a season of parades, balls (some of them masquerade balls), and king cake parties. It has traditionally been part of the winter social season; at one time ""coming out"" parties for young women at débutante balls were timed for this season."
"Persian and related languages یکشنبه ""yek-shanbe"", all meaning ""first"". In Greek, the names of the days Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (""Δευτέρα"", ""Τρίτη"", ""Τετάρτη"" and ""Πέμπτη"") mean ""second"", ""third"", ""fourth"", and ""fifth"" respectively. This leaves Sunday in the first position of the week count. The current Greek name for Sunday, ""Κυριακή"" (Kyriake), means ""Lord's Day"" coming from the word ""Κύριος"" (Kyrios), which is the Greek word for ""Lord"". Similarly in Portuguese, where the days from Monday to Friday are counted as ""segunda-feira"", ""terça-feira"", ""quarta-feira"", ""quinta-feira"" and ""sexta-feira"", while Sunday itself similar to Greek has the name of ""Lord's Day"" (""domingo"")."
"it is called ""pazartesi"", which also means ""after Sunday"". Historically, the Greco-Roman week began with Sunday (""dies solis""), and Monday (""dies lunae"") was the second day of the week. It is still the custom to refer to Monday as ""feria secunda"" in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. Quakers also traditionally referred to Monday as ""Second Day"". The Portuguese and the Greek (Eastern Orthodox Church) also retain the ecclesiastical tradition (Portuguese ""segunda-feira"", Greek ""Δευτέρα"" """"devtéra"""" ""second""). Likewise the Modern Hebrew name for Monday is ""yom-sheni"" (יום שני). In modern times, it has become more common to consider Monday"
"Vendémiaire Vendémiaire () was the first month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the Occitan word ""vendemiaire"" (grape harvester). Vendémiaire was the first month of the autumn quarter (""mois d'automne""). It started on the day of the autumnal equinox, which fell between 22 September and 24 September, inclusive. It thus ended between 21 October and 23 October, and was the season of the vintage in the wine districts of northern France. It follows the Sansculottides of the past year and precedes Brumaire. Like all FRC months Vendémiaire lasted 30 days and was divided into three 10-day"
"a smallpox epidemic. However, despite these numerous obstacles, the ""Malmédiens"" succeeded in saving their tradition which is still going on today. The name of the Malmedy carnival originates in the Latin word ""quadragesima"", shortened to ""quaresima"", which means forty. Forty represents the number of days that separates Ash Wednesday from Holy Week. The word quaresima grew and turned into the French word ""Carême"" and the Walloon word ""Cwarmê"". In a lot of places on the planet, people celebrate Mardi Gras, called after the enormous quantity of food absorb before the deprivation of Lent. It is the definitive day of carnival."
"Persian (چهارشنبه—Cheharshnbh). Portuguese uses the word ""quarta-feira"", meaning ""fourth day"", while in Greek the word is ""Tetarti"" (Τετάρτη) meaning simply ""fourth"". Similarly, Arabic means ""fourth"", Hebrew means ""fourth"", and Persian means ""fourth day"". Yet the name for the day in Estonian ""kolmapäev"", Lithuanian ""trečiadienis"", and Latvian ""trešdiena"" means ""third day"" while in Mandarin Chinese (""xīngqīsān""), means ""day three"", as Sunday is unnumbered. The Creation narrative in the Hebrew Bible places the creation of the Sun and Moon on ""the fourth day"" of the divine workweek. Quakers traditionally referred to Wednesday as ""Fourth Day"" to avoid the pagan associations with the"
"tool (Decadi). Floréal Floréal () was the eighth month in the French Republican Calendar. , which means ""flower"". Floréal was the second month of the spring quarter (""mois de printemps""). It started 20 April or 21 April. It ended 19 May or 20 May. It follows the Germinal and precedes the Prairial. Like all FRC months Floréal lasted 30 days and was divided into three 10-day weeks called ""décades"" (decades). Every day had the name of an agricultural plant, except the 5th (Quintidi) and 10th day (Decadi) of every decade, which had the name of a domestic animal (Quintidi) or"
"The new, 'corrected' government, still strongly convinced that Catholicism and royalism were equally dangerous to the Republic, started a fresh campaign to promote the Republican calendar (officially introduced in 1792), with its ten-day week, and tried to hallow the tenth day, ""décadi"", as substitute for the Christian Sunday. Not only citizens opposed and even mocked such decrees, also local government officials refused to enforce such laws. France was still waging wars, in 1798 in Egypt, Switzerland, Rome, Ireland, Belgium and against the U.S.A., in 1799 in Baden-Württemberg. When the elections of 1798 were again carried by the opposition, the Directory"
"derive from Latin, days of the week still preserve the names of the original Roman deities, such as the Italian for Tuesday, ""martedì"" (from the Latin ""Martis dies""). This is also the case with Saturn in some West Germanic languages; such as the English ""Saturday"", the West Frisian """", the Low German """" and the Dutch """" all meaning Saturn's day. Simek emphasizes the paucity of evidence and notes that comparison with Roman gods is insufficient to reconstruct ancient Germanic gods and equate them definitively with those of later Norse mythology. The following is a list of Greek, Roman, Etruscan,"
"In France, following reactions to the implementation of the ""Journée de solidarité envers les personnes âgées"", Pentecost Monday has been reestablished as a regular (not as a ""working"") holiday on May 3, 2005. According to legend, King Arthur always gathered all his knights at the round table for a feast and a quest on Pentecost: So ever the king had a custom that at the feast of Pentecost in especial, afore other feasts in the year, he would not go that day to meat until he had heard or seen of a great marvel. German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe"
"day on the electoral timetable, therefore an election can now be held on Maundy Thursday; prior to this elections were sometimes scheduled on the Tuesday before as an alternative. Thursday is aligned by the planet Jupiter and the astrological signs of Pisces and Sagittarius. Thursday Thursday is the day of the week between Wednesday and Friday. According to the ISO 8601 international standard, it is the fourth day of the week. ""See Names of the days of the week for more on naming conventions. "" The name is derived from Old English ""Þūnresdæg"" and Middle English ""Thuresday"" (with loss of"
"weeks, called ""décades"" (decades). In accordance with the suggestion of Fabre d'Églantine, each of the days of the republican year was consecrated to some useful object. Thus every day in Vendémiaire had the name of an agricultural or ornamental plant, except the 5th (Quintidi) and 10th day (Decadi) of every decade, which had the name of a domestic animal (Quintidi) or an agricultural tool (Decadi). Vendémiaire Vendémiaire () was the first month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the Occitan word ""vendemiaire"" (grape harvester). Vendémiaire was the first month of the autumn quarter (""mois d'automne""). It"
"February each year. Carnival celebrations end on Mardi Gras, which is French for ""Fat Tuesday"", also known as Shrove Tuesday. Mardi Gras is the Tuesday before the Roman Catholic holiday known as Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season, a somber period of fasting and penance that precedes Easter for Catholics. The first Mardi Gras celebrations in Europe were a carnivalesque opportunity for people to indulge themselves, celebrate, and even subvert authority in a permissible way, as part of the party. Mardi Gras enabled people to enjoy the pleasures of life before the beginning of the"
"5th (Quintidi) and 10th day (Decadi) of every decade, which had the name of a domestic animal or an agricultural tool, respectively. Thermidor Thermidor () was the eleventh month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the French word ""thermal"" which comes from the Greek word ""thermos"" which means ""heat"". Thermidor was the second month of the summer quarter (""mois d'été""). It started July 19 or 20. It ended August 17 or 18. It follows the Messidor and precedes the Fructidor. During Year 2, it was sometimes called Fervidor. Because of the Thermidorian reaction—9 Thermidor Year II—the"
"Frimaire Frimaire () was the third month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the French word ""frimas"", which means ""frost"". Frimaire was the third month of the autumn quarter (""mois d'automne""). It started between 21 November and 23 November. It ended between 20 December and 22 December. It follows the Brumaire and precedes the Nivôse. Like all FRC months, Frimaire lasted 30 days and was divided into three 10-day weeks called ""décades"" (decades). Every day had the name of an agricultural plant, except the 5th (Quintidi) and 10th day (Decadi) of every decade, which had the"
"Messidor Messidor () was the tenth month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the Latin word ""messis"", which means ""harvest"". Messidor was the first month of the summer quarter (""mois d'été""). It started on 19 or 20 June. It ended on 18 or 19 July. It follows the Prairial and precedes the Thermidor. Like all FRC months Messidor lasted 30 days and was divided into three 10-day weeks called ""décades"" (decades). Every day had the name of an agricultural plant, except the 5th (Quintidi) and 10th day (Decadi) of every decade, which had the name of"
"Tuesday Tuesday is the day of the week between Monday and Wednesday. According to international standard ISO 8601, it is the second day of the week. According to some commonly used calendars, however, especially in the United States, it is the third day of the week. The English name is derived from Old English ""Tiwesdæg"" and Middle English ""Tewesday,"" meaning ""Tīw's Day"", the day of Tiw or Týr, the god of single combat, and law and justice in Norse mythology. Tiw was equated with Mars in the interpretatio germanica, and the name of the day is a translation of Latin"
"Tsiknopempti Tsiknopempti (), literally ""Smelly Thursday"", or even ""Charred"", ""Smoky"", or ""Barbeque Thursday"" ""because of the smell of the grilled meat in the air"", is part of the traditional celebrations for Carnival (in Greek: ""Αποκριά"") season in Greece and Cyprus. The three weeks of Carnival in Greece are, in order, ""Prophoni"" (in Greek: ""Προφωνή"" -Preannouncement Week), ""Kreatini"" (in Greek: ""Κρεατινή"" -Meatfare Week), and ""Tyrofagou"" (in Greek: ""Τυροφάγου"" -Cheesefare Week). Tsiknopempti is the Thursday of the 2nd week of Apokria (the week of Kreatini), during which large amounts of meat are traditionally consumed prior to the arrival of Lent, the fasting"
"Sansculottides The Sansculottides (; also ""Epagomènes""; French ""Sans-culottides"", ""Sanculottides"", ""jours complémentaires"", ""jours épagomènes"") are holidays following the last month of the year on the French Republican Calendar which was used following the French Revolution from approximately 1793 to 1805. The Sansculottides, named after the Sansculottes, append the twelve, 30-day months of the Republican Calendar with five complementary days in a common year or six complementary days in a leap year so that the calendar year would approximately match the tropical year. They follow the last day of Fructidor, the last month of the year, and precede the first day of"
"of the winter months, so the month was named ""Ventose"" instead of ""Ventôse"". Historiography still prefers the spelling ""Ventôse"". Like all FRC months Ventôse lasted 30 days and was divided into three 10-day weeks called ""décades"" (decades). Every day had the name of an agricultural plant, except the 5th (Quintidi) and 10th day (Decadi) of every decade, which had the name of a domestic animal (Quintidi) or an agricultural tool (Decadi). Ventôse Ventôse (; also ""Ventose"") was the sixth month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the Latin word ""ventosus"", which means ""windy"". Ventôse was the"
"fourth day in a week. The Baltic languages also use the term ""fourth day"" (Latvian ""ceturtdiena"", Lithuanian ""ketvirtadienis""). Greek uses a number for this day: Πέμπτη ""Pémpti"" ""fifth,"" as does ""fifth day,"" Hebrew: ""יום חמישי"" (""Yom Hamishi"" – day fifth) often written 'יום ה (""Yom Hey"" – 5th letter Hey day), and Arabic: ""يوم الخميس"" (""Yaum al-Khamīs"" – fifth day). Rooted from Arabic, Indonesian word for Thursday is ""Kamis"", similarly ""Khamis"" in Malay and ""Kemis"" in Javanese. In Catholic liturgy, Thursday is referred to in Latin as ""feria quinta"". Portuguese, unlike other Romance languages, uses the word ""quinta-feira,"" meaning ""fifth"